Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
NATO member Poland is anxious that it could be the next target for Kremlin expansion after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula earlier this year.
“We want to strengthen our units in the east of Poland,” Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on public radio.
“It’s a plan that will be spread out over a number of years. The first effects will be seen in 2017. There will be a …read more
Source: Newsweek
